Mine detail: Parleys Canyon Quarry Sw

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.72133, -111.77773
dep_id: 10020990
mrds_id: DC14642
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Cement Rock
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Twin Creeks Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Wasatch Fault, Parleys Canyon Syncline
tectonic: Wasatch Front
References:
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-380.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
  • Deposit:: MINOBRAS, 1974, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UTAH, P. 102
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